The group gods who retired to fish in Genshin Impact

Hey brothers, good news, I have completely made the triangular head knife. I bought two electric saws and a bunch of tools, and finally I made the whole knife within a total of 4 hours, which was about three hours and 40 minutes.

From my feelings and experience of making the knife this time, apart from my lack of proficiency in the use of tools and errors in data measurement, there were no major problems.

Of course, part of the reason is that I am used to acting before thinking, so when I was making the knife, I didn’t consider the consequences of making a mistake, which caused me to waste a lot of time on subsequent processing.

The reason is that when using electric saws for cutting, people buy electric saws for only a few dozen dollars in order to save money. In terms of power and size, they are not as effective as professional electric saws.

Therefore, when cutting, the electric saw often gets stuck in the wood or becomes crooked during the cutting process, resulting in an uneven cutting surface.

The part that was supposed to be a straight line became crooked, and at a certain point in the curved part, due to the unskilled operation of the chainsaw, the overall curve showed a wavy trend, some of which were protruding, some were sunken, which was completely different from the expected curve.

This was my first time making props, and I made mistakes during the process.

Compared to the previous Jason the Water Ghost cosplay costume that was modified using semi-finished products.

The triangle head was made from scratch. It was my first attempt to use solid wood and power tools. I was not very skilled in operating the tools, and some accidents happened during the process.

For example, if you fail to control the rotation speed of the electric saw properly, scratches will be made on the surface of the wooden board, which will greatly affect the appearance.

Or when using an electric saw, because there is no special woodworking table, the wooden board cannot be fixed, and you can only squat on the steps, with one foot on it and the other hand holding it. During the cutting process, the wooden board shakes due to uneven force, and finally the cutting curve is distorted.

Well, these things are what I realized during the production process. It can be said that this time of making props gave me a profound understanding. After practicing it myself, I found out the problems in my operation process.

As for the production of props this time, I have said before that the reason is to pave the way for making more props as well as weapons and costumes for Jiang Shi and Jiang Youyou in the future.

After this production, I have some experience, but I also understand that it is not possible for me to make the Jiangshi weapon perfectly with my current strength, so in the next period of time, in addition to stepping up the production of the triangle head's costume props and fitness.

I will spend the rest of my time on making props and purchasing materials. Although I am a little short of funds, it should be enough for me to practice.

The triangular-headed broadsword I made this time was cut according to the sketch I drew at the beginning. The total length is 142cm, the blade length is 100cm, and the handle length is 42cm.

Then during the cutting process, I found that the blade seemed a bit short with this ratio.

So after measuring, we found that 10cm more would be the most suitable, but because the longest wooden board is only 100cm, if we want to add 10cm, we need to cut another wooden board, but that would make it inconvenient to splice and it would not look good, so we were forced to give up.

Only a 142cm long sword could be made.

As for the overall weight, according to my rough estimate, it should be around 8 to 10 kilograms.

It's just at a weight that, although a little strenuous for me to swing, it's hard to overstate the sense of power.

At the same time, in order to pass the safety review, I deliberately did not sharpen the blade part, but simply grinded it twice to give it an edge.

Go back and use the colored paint to mark the edge part.

The overall thickness of the knife is 2.5 centimeters, which can be said to be very thick.

The overall shape is almost done. Although there were some problems in the production process this time, fortunately I managed to overcome them. However, there is still one problem that has not been solved yet, and that is the coloring problem. I haven't found the right paint.

In the behind-the-scenes section of the Silent Hill movie, you can see that the Pyramid Head's sword is mainly black.

But in the movie it's like a knife that's rusted and then killed a lot of people, and then the oil and blood in the organisms adhered to the knife, and it wasn't cleaned for a long time, and finally formed that black substance.

It is actually easiest to paint based directly on the colors in the behind-the-scenes video.

You only need to buy black and silver paint. I have a lot of black paint left over from when I made Jason the Water Ghost, and I haven’t found a suitable silver paint yet.

However, although this is simple, it is not as expressive as rust, so I am looking for suitable pigments to see if I can dye the knife to look like in the movie.

To enhance my performance at the comic convention. After all, the props themselves are homemade and very rough in details. If the overall external performance cannot create a sense of deterrence, this character will be in vain.

I spent a lot of money looking for suitable pigment, and finally found a paint for decoration.

Watch the introduction and demonstration video. After the paint is applied, it really looks like the color and texture of rusted iron.

I feel it is very suitable for me, but they sell a little bit too much, the starting price is 10kg, but I can't use up 10kg at all. I can use up two kilograms, which feels good.

With my current limited funds, with the total balance of only 52 yuan, it is absolutely impossible for me to buy 10kg of paint.

So I decided to use brown paint and then mix it with other paints to see if I could make a suitable color.

Of course, this is the last alternative, because I am still looking for merchants online who also sell this kind of imitation rust paint for decoration.

I hope to find one with the same good texture and sold in small portions.

The best one is the spray paint, because the helmet and knife of the triangle head are relatively large, and it will take a long time if you buy paint and apply it yourself.

When I was making Jason's COS costume before, the thing that took the longest time, besides making the mask and bones, was coloring, which took up almost half of the production time.

You have to brush and adjust over and over again, and stop only when you finally achieve the desired result.

It is very troublesome, so if there is a spray paint, you just need to spray it. However, spray paint also has disadvantages. The surrounding area must be protected before spraying, otherwise the tables and chairs will be dirty.

Then in addition to the coloring problem, the most important problem is actually the connection problem.

Because my idea at that time was to rotate a piece between the hilt and the body, and then insert an iron rod into it as a connection, and finally fix it together with glue or other means.

Then I found that if I drilled a hole in the 2.5cm thick wood and placed an iron rod in it, the force would not be evenly distributed. Once I swung the knife, it would most likely lift up the wood in the thinner direction.

Because the handle of the triangular-headed broadsword is not connected to the middle of the blade, it is connected to the other side of the blade and is flush with the back of the blade.

This means that when drilling a hole, it will be on the side close to the back of the knife. If the force is uneven during the action, it is very likely that the thinner side will be lifted up by the iron rod due to the continuous application of force during the action.

So I gave up this idea later. Then I started thinking about other ways to connect. I later thought of a spiral connection method. You may not understand this spiral connection method, but it has actually been used in various places in our daily life.

For example, nuts and screws are the most common spiral connection. Two objects with inner and outer spiral patterns are connected together through spiral twisting, which is firm and tight.

The structure of the bottle caps of mineral water or some beverage bottles we usually drink is also a spiral connection structure.

The bottle cap has an inner spiral pattern, while the bottle mouth has an outer spiral pattern.

What I was thinking of at the time was actually to drill spiral patterns, but after some searching, I found that if I wanted to make spiral patterns, I would need a large machine tool. Small tools would be very difficult to operate for inexperienced people, so I gave up in the end.

And if I want to make spiral patterns, I have to grind off the front part of my knife handle, and then it won't be long enough. So no matter from the perspective of tools, funds, or the overall processing of the props, I am destined not to make spiral patterns on it.

Finally I gave up the chain, and then I set my sights on glue, because of the behind-the-scenes production and the overall film expression. The ultimate move of the triangle head is more like a whole, and there is no gap or connection mark between the handle and the blade.

I also need to fix it in the same way after splicing, so I thought of glue. But ordinary glue can't bear it at all. After all, the blade is almost 8 pounds.

And you also have to do the movements, especially the most classic movement of slashing horizontally with a knife in both hands.

This puts a great test on the load-bearing and firmness of the connecting parts.

So I also looked for many kinds of glue on the market, but the glue that most people can buy has a load-bearing capacity of only 10~20kg, and the largest is only about 28kg. This definitely does not meet my requirements, because these glues are generally used in situations where the bonding area is large and the object remains stationary for a long time.

The area I need to bond is only 3.4x2.5 at most, about one square centimeter.

And I have to at least ensure that the glue applied in this square space of 3.4cm by 2.5cm has a load-bearing capacity of more than 100 pounds to support me in completing the movement.

It is obviously not an easy task to find glue that can bear a force of more than 100 kilograms on such a small area, so I also searched a lot of information and looked at a lot of glue.

Although there are quite a few that meet the requirements, after seeing the price, I think if I had that much money, I would just buy a 3D printer or a machine tool and create a more perfect triangular-headed broadsword with the handle and blade being an integral whole.

That price is totally beyond my reach, and I couldn't find a suitable one at a cheaper price. The weight-bearing capacity of less than 50 catties is simply not enough to support the knife.

So in the end I gave up the exploration of watering and decided to see if there were other ways to achieve seamless connection.

If none of these are available, my only option is to buy fixings and then use them to reinforce the knife. This is the most secure and hassle-free method.

But the visual effect is very bad, because at a glance there are a lot of fixings on the knife, which is not very realistic, but if you block it.

The triangular-head knife is an integral image, with consistent width and thickness. Adding an additional cover will make the entire knife look uncoordinated.

So I don't want to use this method unless it's absolutely necessary, unless the fixing can be covered by paint, so that it can't be noticed unless you look closely.

But it seems unlikely, because the fixings are made of iron, and objects like iron and glass are generally not easy to color or paint.

Because their surfaces have fewer depressions, especially glass surfaces have almost no depressions, leaving no space for the pigment to stay and solidify.

Unlike paper and wood, which have many cracks and depressions on the surface, the paint can penetrate into them very well.

So most drinks won't stay on iron and glass for too long, and they will basically come off with a wipe, so I'm thinking that if I must use fixed keys, I'm considering whether I should also buy a few rolls of that kind of seam tape.